Katherine Leleiko’s Reviews > The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz > Status Update

“I couldn’t confide my inner anxieties to anyone, so as not to invite such disastrous consequences as self-doubt, demoralization, hesitation, and other insidious processes that reduce resistance to nothing.” — General responsible for Britain’s defense.

No spoilers but chapter 31 gave me goosebumps all over my body💔

“The Royal Air Force did not simply fly and fight over friendly territory; the pilots who managed to survive returned to battle. Moreover, the British pilots fought with the existential fervor of people convinced that they were resisting a far more powerful air force, with nothing less than the very existence of Britain at stake.”
As well as Ukrainian pilots❤️‍🩹